Funding search · EIN 541967451 · Reston, VA

McAdams Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

117
grants reported
$301,097
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • University of Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy2 grants · $20,000
  • Salvation Army of Palm Beach1 grant · $12,000
  • Deering Estate Foundation2 grants · $10,000
  • Ncssm (Morgantown)1 grant · $10,000
  • Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill2 grants · $10,000
  • Ncssm Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Montgomery Bell Academy1 grant · $10,000
  • Palm Beach Freedom Institute3 grants · $9,500
  • Triangle Land Conservancy3 grants · $9,000
  • Palm Beach for Christ2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$81,145
2022
$117,252
2023
$102,700
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

  • $12,000

    Salvation Army of Palm Beach · Palm Beach County, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Ncssm Foundation · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    University of Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Ncssm (Morgantown) · Morgantown, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    University of Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Sensing fund and general support

  • $8,000

    Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $7,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $7,000

    Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Trinity School of Durham & Chapel Hill · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Westminster Presbyterian Church · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Deering Estate Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ocean Cleanup · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Westminster Presbyterian · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Deering Estate Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill · Durham, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $4,500

    Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Hq · Stanford, CA · 2022

    General support - hoover institution, stanford buck club, and synchronized swimming team

  • $4,000

    Palm Beach for Christ · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $4,000

    Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2023

    General support

  • $4,000

    Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $4,000

    Palm Beach for Christ · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $4,000

    Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $3,500

    Palm Beach Freedom Institute · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Center for a New American Security · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Henry Morrison Flagler Museum · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Nc Museum of Life and Science · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Palm Beach Area Tennis Patrons · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Palm Beach Freedom Institute · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Be the Match Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Henry Morrison Flagler Museum · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Palm Beach County Food Bank · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    The Children'S Place · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Tri-County Animal Rescue · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Palm Beach Freedom Institute · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,900

    Salvation Army of Palm Beach County · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Wunc Radio (Unc at Chapel Hill) · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Ju - Hoover · Stanford, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Salvation Army of Palm Beach County · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Tri-County Animal Rescue · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    American Friends of Belvoir Castle · Studio City, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Food Bank of Central Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Palm Beach County Food Bank · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Stanford University - Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General support (buck/cardinal club)

  • $2,000

    The Children'S Place at Home Safe · Lake Worth, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    English Speaking Union of United States · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    James T Hughes Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    North Carolina Museum of Life and Science · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Wunc · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Palm Beach County Food Bank · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Wunc · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,250

    Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,200

    1000 Friends of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,200

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023

    General support

  • $1,200

    Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Ju · Stanford, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,200

    Town of Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,100

    English-Speaking Union of the US - Palm Beach Branch · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    1000 Friends of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    D2l Incorporated (Dream 2 Lead) · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Helimission · Lima, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Mathcounts Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Ncmodernist · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    North Carolina Aquarium Society · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Presbyterian Church USA · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Town of Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Jack the Bike Man · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Math Counts · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Nc Aquarium Society · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Orange County Rape Crisis Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Palm Beach Harvest · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Palm Beach Roundtable · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    1000 Friends of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Jovenes · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    La Family Housing · North Hollywood, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Math Counts · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    North Carolina Aquarium · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    North Carolina Modernist Houses · Durham, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    North Carolina Museum of Life and Science · Durham, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Orange County Rape Crisis Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.